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Our World travels to the fastest warming place on earth: Svalbard. The world's northernmost settlement, Longyearbyen, is estimated to be heating at six times the global average.
- Programme: Our World
- Channel: BBC News
- Broadcast year: 2022
- Geography | Biomes | Human impact on ecosystems
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